Tanach
Shmuel I 10:11-16 שמואל א י׳:י״א-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 10Setumah, I Samuel 10:10
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וַיְהִי כׇּל־יֽוֹדְעוֹ מֵאִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה עִם־נְבִאִים נִבָּא {ס} וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ מַה־זֶּה הָיָה לְבֶן־קִישׁ הֲגַם שָׁאוּל בַּנְּבִיאִֽים׃
All who knew him from yesterday and before, saw that there he was prophesying along with the prophets, and the people said one to another, "What is this that happened to the son of Kish? Is Shaul too among the prophets?"
All who knew him from yesterday and before, saw that there he was prophesying along with the prophets, and the people said one to another, "What is this that happened to the son of Kish? Is Shaul too among the prophets?"
וַיַּעַן אִישׁ מִשָּׁם וַיֹּאמֶר וּמִי אֲבִיהֶם עַל־כֵּן הָיְתָה לְמָשָׁל הֲגַם שָׁאוּל בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃
A man from there answered and said, "And who is their father?" It thus became a byword, "Is Shaul too among the prophets?"
A man from there answered and said, "And who is their father?" It thus became a byword, "Is Shaul too among the prophets?"
Rashi
וַיְכַל מֵֽהִתְנַבּוֹת וַיָּבֹא הַבָּמָֽה׃
He finished prophesying and came to the high place.
He finished prophesying and came to the high place.
וַיֹּאמֶר דּוֹד שָׁאוּל אֵלָיו וְאֶֽל־נַעֲרוֹ אָן הֲלַכְתֶּם וַיֹּאמֶר לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־הָאֲתֹנוֹת וַנִּרְאֶה כִי־אַיִן וַנָּבוֹא אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃
Shaul's uncle said to him and to his youth, "Where did you go?" He said, "To look for the donkeys, but when we saw that they were not there, we went to Shmuel."
Shaul's uncle said to him and to his youth, "Where did you go?" He said, "To look for the donkeys, but when we saw that they were not there, we went to Shmuel."
וַיֹּאמֶר דּוֹד שָׁאוּל הַגִּֽידָה־נָּא לִי מָה־אָמַר לָכֶם שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃
Shaul's uncle said, "Please tell me now what Shmuel said to you."
Shaul's uncle said, "Please tell me now what Shmuel said to you."
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל־דּוֹדוֹ הַגֵּד הִגִּיד לָנוּ כִּי נִמְצְאוּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת וְאֶת־דְּבַר הַמְּלוּכָה לֹא־הִגִּיד לוֹ אֲשֶׁר אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ {פ}
Shaul told his uncle, "He did tell us that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingship he did not tell him of which Shmuel had spoken.
Shaul told his uncle, "He did tell us that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingship he did not tell him of which Shmuel had spoken.
Rashi
ואת דבר המלוכה לא הגיד. דרך צניעות היתה בו:
But about the matter of the kingship he did not tell him. He possessed a discretionary nature.7 See Maseches Megillah 13b.
ומי אביהם. מה תימה לך בדבר מי אביהם של נביאים, וכי נבואה ירושה היא:
And who is their father? Why do you wonder about the matter as to who is the father of the prophets? Is prophecy hereditary?6Or וּמִי אֲבִיהֶם can mean “Who is their teacher?” for one’s teacher is called his father as in II Melachim 2:12. He implied to the people that ‘ה is their teacher and just as He teaches the other prophets, He can teach Shaul too.—Radak